Executive Summary
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Title | Electronic Arts SnoopyCtrl ActiveX control and plug-in stack buffer overflows |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#179281 | First vendor Publication | 2007-10-08 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2007-10-09 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Vulnerability Note VU#179281Electronic Arts SnoopyCtrl ActiveX control and plug-in stack buffer overflowsOverviewThe Electronic Arts SnoopyCtrl ActiveX control and plug-in contains multiple stack buffer overflows, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.I. DescriptionElectronic Arts (EA.com) provides an ActiveX control and Netscape-style plug-in called SnoopyCtrl. This control, provided by NPSnpy.dll, is included with an EA.com update package. The SnoopyCtrl ActiveX control and plug-in contains buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple methods and initialization parameters.II. ImpactBy convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachment), a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user on a vulnerable system.III. SolutionWe are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. Please consider the following workaroundsDisable the SnoopyCtrl ActiveX control in Internet Explorer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerActiveX Compatibility{525A15D0-4938-11D4-94C7-0050DA20189B}] "Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400 The SnoopyCtrl plug-in can be disabled in other browsers, such as Firefox, by removing the NPSnpy.dll file from the plugins directory. Disable ActiveX Disabling ActiveX controls in the Internet Zone (or any zone used by an attacker) appears to prevent exploitation of this and other ActiveX vulnerabilities. Instructions for disabling ActiveX in the Internet Zone can be found in the "Securing Your Web Browser" document. Disable plug-ins Disabling plug-ins by default can prevent exploitation of this and other plug-in vulnerabilities. This can be accomplished by configuring NoScript to Forbid other plugins for untrusted sites. Systems Affected
Referenceshttp://www.cert.org/tech_tips/securing_browser This vulnerability was reported by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC. This document was written by Will Dormann.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/179281 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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50 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
50 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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37723 | SnoopyCtrl ActiveX (NPSnpy.dll) Unspecified Method Arbitrary Code Execution |